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Roaring 20s/Great Depression Test Flashcards

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what happened during the 1920s?

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  • u.s economy booming
  • many Americans living in poverty or near poverty conditions
  • new machinery and agricultural methods
  • people bought stocks from borrowed money
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what was the Dawes plan?

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  • international committee met to stabilize German economy
  • loaned $200 million to German government
  • foreign countries began to invest in Germany’s companies
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what is speculation?

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trading of stocks to make good profits

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what was the flood of 1927?

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  • described as the most destructive river flood in US history
  • AR hardest hit out of 8 states affected
  • human and financial loss was catastrophic
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describe the dust bowl

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  • 1930 brought the worst drought on record
  • drought turned Great Plains into a dust bowl
  • farmers loaded up their belongings and moved west (to California) in search of food or work
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what was another name for the farmers moving west during the dust bowl?

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arkies

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when was Black Tuesday?

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October 29, 1929

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what marked the beginning of the Great Depression?

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the stock market crash of 1929

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describe the stock market crash

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  • a huge plunge in stock market prices

- people lost all of their money, including life savings and money they had borrowed

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what was global depression?

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  • everyone demanding their clients the repayment of loans
  • foreign businesses cutting jobs
  • international trade plummeted
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what was the roaring 20s?

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  • period of influential changes in lifestyle, arts, and technogy
  • signaled the start of modern times
  • wide variety and large quantities of consumer goods
  • many moved to cities to work in factories
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give some examples of new technology created in the roaring 20s

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  • telephone
  • radio
  • motion pictures
  • electric lights
  • refrigerators
  • washers
  • automobiles
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what is installment buying?

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buying items with monthly payment

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describe the youth during the 20s

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  • stayed in school much longer and socialized more

- new clothing and style

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what did the men wear in the 20s?

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  • extra-wide, floppy pants

- hair slicked back

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what did women wear in the 20s?

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  • shorter hairstyle called “the bob”

- shorter dress right below the knee

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what we’re some new dances during the 20s?

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  • charleston

- dance marathons

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what we’re the roles of women during the 20s?

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  • flapper
  • bobbed hair, make-up, shorter dresses
  • personal freedom
  • drove cars, played sports, went to college, took jobs
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what did the 18th amendment do?

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prohibited manufacturing, sale, or transportation of alcoholic beverages

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what did the 18th amendment result in?

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organized crime

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who was al Capone?

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ruthless crime boss in chigaco, also know as “scarface”

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what was a speakeasy?

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underground private club during prohibition-headquarters for organized crime

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when was the 18th amendment repealed?

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1933

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what did the 19th amendment do?

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granted women right to vote

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describe life in Arkansas during the 20s

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  • remained poor with slow progress despite new economic successes
  • aware of the changing social aspects on a much smaller state
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who was Harvey couch?

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  • began building telephone lines around the state
  • founded the AR power and light company (now known as entergy)
  • convinced northern bankers to build dams on the ouachita river
  • started AR’s first radio station- WOK in Pine Bluff
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describe arkansas’ oil boom

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  • discovered oil in el dorado
  • experienced rapid population growth
  • 4th largest producer of oil among all states during 1920s
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describe the Arkansas advancement association

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  • formed to promote good points of the state to out of state investors
  • brought newspaper and magazine authors to tour Arkansas
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what were the “wonders” of Arkansas?

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  • minerals
  • forests
  • rich soil
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describe tourism in Arkansas

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  • called “the wonder state”
  • general assembly adopted the new nickname in 1920s
  • promoted natural resources and investment opportunities
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what we’re some industries in Arkansas during the 20s?

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  • timber and furniture industries proved arkansas’ largest money maker
  • railroad companies
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what was the climber company?

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Arkansas’ only car manufacturer

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what did African Americans do during the 20s?

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  • migrated north to find jobs

- formed NAACP

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give examples of divided society during the 20s

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  • science v.s religion
  • creation v.s evolution
  • African Americans v.s Whites
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where did the jazz age take place?

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New Orleans

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what two entertainers we’re the face of the jazz age?

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Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong

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what was the Harlem Renaissance?

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a rebirth of hope for African Americans

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what was the cotton club?

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jazz club in Harlem, New York that featured the greatest black entertainers and only accepted whites

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what was the Great Depression?

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  • serious and worldwide economic decline of the 1930s
  • production of goods and services fell drastically
  • unemployment rate jumped to 25%
  • sharp downturn in the economy
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how many businesses and banks declared bankruptcy during the Great Depression?

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100,000

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how many banks failed in Arkansas during the Great Depression?

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192

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what percent of businesses closed in Arkansas during the great depression?

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nearly 1/2

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how many Arkansans lost their jobs during the Great Depression?

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245,000

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who was Hattie Conway?

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  • her husband died while in office (senator), so she jumped in to finish his term
  • in 1932, Hattie campaigned to fill the senate seat for a full term
  • she won by a large margin and became the first female U.S senator
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describe the election of 1932

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  • Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected for president

- he was willing to try new federal programs to help Americans

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what was the “hundred days”?

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actions taken place by FDR during his first days in office to alleviate the effects of the depression

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what was the new deal?

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  • FDR’s plan to bring U.S out of depression
  • relief for needy
  • recovery for businesses
  • reform for the economic system
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what was a bank holiday?

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closed all banks in U.S; only allowed open when proved financially strong

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what was deficit spending?

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used borrowed money to fund government programs

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what was the FDIC?

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  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corp

- formed to back savings accounts

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what was FERA?

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  • Federal Emergency Relief Administration
  • $9 million to AR
  • provided food, shelter, and money for the unemployed
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what was the WPA?

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  • replaced FERA

- ended peoples need for government aid

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what was the AAA?

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  • Agricultural Adjustment Act
  • paid farmers NOT to grow crops, as quantity decreased, prices stabilized
  • higher wages for hired hands
  • better deal for tenants
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what does liberal mean?

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one that is supportive of government programs

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what does conservative mean?

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one that is opposed to government programs

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what is a public works project?

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government funded construction program

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what is laissez-faire?

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one opposed to government regulation, hands-off policy

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describe the Dyess Colony

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  • Roosevelt created Farm Security Administration (FDA-aimed at moving displaced farmers onto new lands)
  • using AR program as a model, W.R Dyess(state’s FERA chief and plantation owner) used FERA funds to create an ideal farm community for AR relief clients
  • divided 16,000 acres into 500 farmsteads,designed in shape of a wagon wheel
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what we’re the effects of the new deal?

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  • many Arkansans we’re better off than before the depression
  • long turn reforms promised a better future for all Americans
  • people once again trusted federal government
59
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what was the containment policy?

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approach to preventing communism

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